In AriZona Beverages USA, LLC v. Evercore, Inc., (Sup. Ct., Nassau Cnty,. Aug. 27, 2024) (Index #608480/2024), the Court held that a merger and acquisitions intermediary (which was acting as a broker between a prospective seller and prospective buyers) breached a confidentiality clause that was in a contract between the seller...
Category: M&A Transactions
De Facto Merger: The Threat of Unexpected Successor Liability
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What You Should Know About D&O or R&W Insurance In Mergers and Acquisitions
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M&A intermediary not entitled to success fee, but was entitled to compensation for actual services
In Sonenshine Partners, LLC v. Duravant LLC, 2021 NY Slip Op. 01135, the court held that an exchange of e-mails--when combined with a contract on a related topic, could serve as the basis of an unjust enrichment claim. An unjust enrichment claim is available to a party to receive...
M&A considerations for private companies during the Covid-19 Era
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The virus that causes COVID-19 has ushered in unprecedented times for our country and our global community. Certainly, the pandemic is impacting the way M&A transactions are looked at, papered, implemented, and even priced. This article identifies some of the higher-level, pandemic-related considerations evolving in the private...
M&A anatomy of an Earnout in the Covid-19 Era
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Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, parties to M&A transactions are likely to use earnouts more frequently.What are the complex components of a well-structured earnout, and what are some best practices for designing earnouts to minimize disputes?
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M&A guidebook for Buyers and Sellers to bridge the gaps in the Covid-19 Era
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a shift from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market in the space of a few months and has changed the M&A deal process.How should deals can be structured to allocate the risks between buyers and sellers in a post-COVID-19 world?
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